It’s probably a good thing my English-major mother isn’t alive to read this
First, I’ll be perfectly honest – I thought JD Salinger was already dead. But hey, that’s what you get when you become a recluse.
I read Catcher in the Rye in high school. I didn’t have to read it for a class, though. (It’s weird, it seems most of my English classes didn’t have the traditional reading lists, and every year I’d get, “Didn’t you read this last year?” “No.” Made college fun, too.)
But, I read it anyway. Personally, I found it to be a victim of the hype. It seriously had zero impact on me. This could be an indicator that I was a complete unfeeling bitch at the time, but all I remember thinking was, “Your life sucks, we get it.” I really could not fathom what the big deal was over the whole thing.
Whatever your point may have been JD, it was lost on me. Sorry about that.
January 28, 2010 - 8:44 PM No Comments